Window-chair



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'Noi 620,248.

D. E. OWEN.

WINDOW CHAIR.

(Applieaon filed Sept. 28, 1898.)

. I- ///r/ 'I' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. OWEN, OFGARLO, OHIO.

WINDOW-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,248, dated February28, 1899. Application filed September Z8, 1898. Serial No. 692,125. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Iv, DAVID E. OWEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Garlo, in the county of Geauga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Window-Chair, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in window-chairs. A The object ofthe present invention is to improve the construction of window-chairsand to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efiicient one adapted to bereadily placed in and removed from a window and capable of affording aperfectly safe support when in operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide for the window-chair arailing adapted to be compactly folded in shipping and storf ing thedevice; and another object of the invention is to enable thewindow-chair to be employed as a fire-escape.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window-chairconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa reverse planView of the same, illustrating the manner of connecting the ladder ofthe firees-cape with the chair. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the window-chair applied to a window.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures ofthe drawings.

1 designates a window-chair consisting of a platform composed of,longitudinal side bars 2, transverse bars 3, 4, and 5, and slats 6,secured to the transverse bars and arranged on the upper faces thereof.The transverse bars, which are secured to the upper edges of the sidebars, are preferably fitted in recesses thereof, and the outer andcentral transverse bars 3and4are of the samelength and terminate at theouter faces of the side bars. The inner transverse bar 5 has its ends 7extended beyond the side bars 2 and arranged to engage the inner face ofawindow lframe or casing to prevent the window-chair from moving outwardafter being placed in position. The inner ends of the side bars 2 arerecessed at 8 to conform to the configuration of the window-sill uponwhich the said bars 2 rest, and the outer face of the sill 9 is engagedby a cross bar 10, secured to the lower edges of the side bars. Theinner faces of the sides of the window frame or casing are directlyengaged by upright pieces 1l, secured to the projecting ends 7 of theinner transverse bar 5 and supported by metallic braces 12. The uprightpieces or supports 11 are recessed to receive the adjacent edges of thetransverse bar 5, and in order to prevent the chair from moving inwardafter it has been placed in position a pair of sliding bolts 13 isemployed. The sliding bolts,which are arranged on the lower faces of theslats 6, are mounted in suitable guides and are provided withupwardly-extending fingerpieces 14, located in the spaces between theadjacent slats and adapted to be readily operated to extend the outerends of the bolts beyond the chair into. engagement with the adjacentwall.

The window-chairl is provided at its sides and outer end with a railingcomprising inner and outer upright rods or posts 15 and 16, upper andlower side rods 17 and 1,8, and upper and lower end rods 19 and 20, andit is preferably supported at its sides by inclined braces 21. TheinnerA upright rods or posts 15 are provided with upper and lower eyes22 and 23, into which the upper and lower side rods are hooked, and theupper ends of the rods or posts 15 are extended to form the inclinedbraces 21, which have their lower terminals hooked into lower eyes 24 ofthe outer rodsor posts 16. The lower ends of the rods or posts 15 afterbeing coiled to form the lower eyes 23 are extended through the platformand threaded to receive nuts 25, which engage the lower faces of theadjacent slats. The outer rods or posts 16 are formed integral with theupper rod 19 and are bent at the top of the railing to form upper eyes26,- into which are hooked the adjacent ends of the upper rods 17. Thelower portions of the outer rods or posts 16 are coiled to form the saidlower eyes 24. and are extended through perforations of plates 27 andare threaded for the reception of nuts, which engage the lower faces ofsaid plates 27. The ends of the lower IOO end rod 2O are bent to formeyes and are hooked into the eyes 24:, which receive the hooked ends ofthe lower rodslS and the inclined braces. The sides of the railing areconnected at the top with the inner end of the chair by means of hooks28, engaging suitable eyes 29 of the upright pieces 1l, and the shanksof the hooks 28 are provided with eyes, which are linked into the uppereyes of the rods or posts 16.

rPhe railing, which is detachably secured to the window-chair, isadapted to be compactly folded, as the connections between its sides andends form hinge-joints, and the said railing is preferably provided witha covering 30 of any suitable fabric. 4

In order to enable the window-chair to be employed as a {ire-escape, aladder 31, constructed of rope or any other suitable material adapted torender it iiexible or foldable, is employed and is connected with eyes32 of an oblong frame 33, provided at its outer end with a cross-pieceand having its sides arranged on the upper faces of the transverse bars3, 4, and 5. The inner ends of the sides of the frame 33 are providedwith hooks 34, which engage the inner transverse bar 5. The ladder isconnected with the oblong frame by a rectangular link 35, constructed ofa single piece of metal bent equidistant of its ends to provide eyes 36and to form sides 37, which have their terminals provided with hooks andlinked into the eyes 32. This link 35 is adapted to swing upward againstthe railing when the ladder is not in use, and it is also adapted toswing downward, as shown in the drawings. TheV ladder is adapted to becompactly arranged when not in use and is then out of the way, it beingpreferably supported upon the platform of the chair near the outer endthereof, and it can be readily thrown over the end of the same toarrange it in operative position.

The invention has the following advantages: The window chair, which issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted to bereadily placed in and removed from a window, and when in operativeposition it forms a perfectly stable support and cannot accidentallyslip and precipitate its contents. The railing,which is adapted to becompactly folded for shipping and storing, affords an eicient guard toprevent articles and tools placed on the chair from being accidentallyknocked off the same. The window-chair also forms an eiiicient re-escapeand may be quickly brought into use.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

1. A device of the class described comprising the side bars having theirinner ends conforming to the configuration of a window-sill, thecross-bar secured to the lower edges of the side bars and adapted toengage the outer face of the window-sill, the transverse bars connectingthe side bars, one of the transverse bars being extended beyond the sidebars and adapted to engage the inner face of a window frame or casing,and the upright pieces secured to the ends of the extended transversebar, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising the side bars having theirinner ends con forming to the configuration of a window-sill, thecross-bar secured to the lower edges of the side bars and adapted toengage the outer face of the window-sill, the transverse bars connectingthe side bars, one of the transverse bars being extended beyond the sidebars and adapt-ed to engage the inner face of a window frame or casing,the upright pieces secured to the ends of the extended transverse bar, aiioor supported by the transverse bars, and sliding bolts mountedbeneath the iioor and adapted to project laterally from the device toengage the wall of a house, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a platform designed to bemounted in a window, and a folding railing detachably secured to theplatform and comprising the inner posts or rods, the outer posts or rodsprovided with upper and lower eyes, the upper and lower side rods linkedinto said eyes, the upper and lower end rods connecting the outer rodsor posts, and the inclined braces arranged at the sides of the platformand hinged to the outer rods or posts, substantially as described.

4. Adevice of the class described comprising a platform provided at itsinner end with upright pieces having eyes, plates projecting from theouter end 0f the platform, and a folding railing composed of inner andouter rods or posts provided with upper and lower eyes and having theirlower ends threaded and extended, respectively, through the platform andthe said plates, the upper and lower side rods linked into the eyes ofthe rods or posts, the inclined braces arranged between the side rods,formed integral with the inner rods or posts and extending downward fromthe upper eyes thereof and linked into the lower eyes of the outer rodsor posts, the upper and lower end rods, the upper rod being formedintegral with the outer end rods or posts and the lower end rod beinglinked into the lower eyes thereof, nuts engaging the threaded ends ofthe rods or posts, and hooks linked into the upper eyes of the innerrods or posts and detachably engaging the eyes of the upright pieces,substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described comprising a platform havingtransverse bars, the oblong frame extending longitudinally of theplatform, provided at its outer end with a cross-piece, and having hooksat its inner end engaging the adjacent transverse bar, and a foldableladder connected with the crosspiece of the oblong frame, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

6. A device of the class described compris IOO IOS

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ing a platform, an oblong frame extending longitudinally of the platformand secured to the same, a rectangular link provided with eyes andhinged to the outer end of the oblong frame, and a ladder connected withthe eyes of the link and adapted to be folded, substantially asdescribed.

7. A device of the class described comprising a platform provided at itsinner end with uprights or supports, and a railing detachably mounted onthe platform and comprising the end portion, and the sides hinged to theend portion, adapted to fold inward on the same and provided at theirfree ends with fastening devices detachably engaging the uprights orsupports, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses;

DAVID E. OWEN.

Witnesses;

F.. A. PARMELEE, MARCIA MILLS.

